# Is there a place to access Arizona marriage records?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-to-access-arizona-marriage-records/599311>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 11, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-to-access-arizona-marriage-records/599311 "2011-10-11T15:47:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-to-access-arizona-marriage-records/599311/1 "2011-10-11T15:47:04Z")

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Is there a place \*online \*to access Arizona marriage records?

Here is the back story. About 1964 or so I got married in Arizona. I go shipped to Germany and she got a divorce. No big deal. This sort of thing happened a lot.

I have forgotten the woman’s name. I wondered if I could access my marriage in the Arizona records and find out who I married.

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**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-to-access-arizona-marriage-records/599311/2 "2011-10-11T16:01:44Z")

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[Ancestry.com](http://Ancestry.com) has that info. It looks like the files include both spouses full names, date of the marriage and where it took place.

If you PM me your full name I can do a search to see what comes up.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-to-access-arizona-marriage-records/599311/3 "2011-10-11T16:11:19Z")

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[Here is a site for publicly accessible Arizona court records](http://apps.supremecourt.az.gov/publicaccess/caselookup.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1). I am somewhat doubtful their online files go back as far as 1964, but it’s a starting point.

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-to-access-arizona-marriage-records/599311/4 "2011-10-11T17:24:53Z")

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How could you marry someone and not even know her name?

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**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-to-access-arizona-marriage-records/599311/5 "2011-10-11T19:00:20Z")

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> [@robert\_columbia](#):
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> How could you marry someone and not even know her name?

If you can remember the name of everyone you married in the 60’s, you weren’t there man!

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**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-to-access-arizona-marriage-records/599311/6 "2011-10-11T19:22:44Z")

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> [@Santos\_L\_Halper](#):
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> [Ancestry.com](http://Ancestry.com) has that info. …

Thanks. There is a woman at the senior center across the street from my home who has [Ancestry.com](http://Ancestry.com) on everyone she knows. She already had a file on me and knew about the 1960’s marriage. I was just curious as to how much information is really out there. The OP was poorly written. I knew the woman’s name. The last name was East European and I had forgotten how to spell it.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-to-access-arizona-marriage-records/599311/7 "2011-10-11T19:24:13Z")

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> [@GreasyJack](#):
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> If you can remember the name of everyone you married in the 60’s, you weren’t there man!

Win.